Antonio Puerta

Antonio Puerta is one of those names that hits you differently the moment you hear it — not because of trophies or transfer fees, but because of what was so cruelly cut short. A Seville kid through and through, he came up through the Sevilla academy and stayed loyal to his hometown club, which in an era of constant player movement already tells you something about his character. On the left flank he had this natural fearlessness — attacking, creative, with a left foot that could slice open a defense. He'd just turned 22, was earning his first real senior minutes, and had every reason to believe his best football was still ahead of him, when he collapsed during a La Liga match against Getafe in August 2007 and never recovered. The Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit awarded that year felt like a nation trying to say thank you with the only words it had left. Watching Sevilla retire his number 16, I think about how much joy he never got to give.

Name (English)

Antonio Puerta

Name (Japanese)

アントニオ・プエルタ

Reading

あんとにお・ぷえるた

Born

November 25, 1984 – August 28, 2007

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Seville, Seville Province, Spain

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• 2007 Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF

Tags

• Seville Province
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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